Brandon Moreno
"The Assassin Baby"
23-8-2
VS
2026-09-12
UFC Fight Night: Elliott vs. Chairez
Flyweight
Joseph Morales
"Bopo"
15-2-0
WITH ODDS · CATBOOST PREDICTION
Brandon Moreno 'The Assassin Baby'
52.3% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
Brandon Moreno 'The Assassin Baby' won
Decision · Round 3 · 5:00
How It Ends
55%
Decision
24%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
Decision54.6%
KO / TKO23.7%
Submission21.7%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 144.8%
Round 235.7%
Round 3+19.4%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 45% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Brandon Moreno
Joseph Morales
Market opening prob diff
Matchup
14%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
11%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Brandon Moreno
8%
Avg takedowns attempted
Joseph Morales
7%
Age
Brandon Moreno
6%
Market line movement diff
Matchup
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Joseph Morales
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Brandon Moreno
5%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Brandon Moreno
3%
Round 1 strike output
Joseph Morales
3%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
2%
Fights per year
Brandon Moreno
2%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Brandon Moreno
2%
← pushes toward Brandon Moreno pushes toward Joseph Morales →
Bars show each factor's SHAP contribution to this specific prediction — how much it pushed the win probability toward one fighter, given everything else the model knows. Percentages are each factor's share of the total push across the top 30 factors.

Brandon Moreno

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
L DEC
L KO
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Joseph Morales

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
W SUB
W SUB
L DEC
L KO
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 175 cm
Stance: Switch